In 1900, a storm blew a boatload of sponge divers off course and forced them to take shelter by the tiny Mediterranean island of Antikythera. Diving the next day, they discovered a 2,000 year-old ...
The Antikythera mechanism (/ËŒæntɪkɪˈθɪərÉ™/ AN-tih-kih-THEER-É™) is an ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, described as the oldest example of an analogue computer used to predict astronomical positions ...
And yet, they built. Granted, not every artifact was as complex as the Antikythera mechanism, but still, this ancient astronomical computer exists, and must have come from someone’s workshop.
From the time it was fished out from the colossal depths of the seas near Antikythera island in Greece back in 1900 to 1901, it has triggered many theories and research work among scientists who ...
In 1901, researchers discovered what's now known as the Antikythera mechanism in a sunken shipwreck, an ancient artifact that dates back to the second century BC, making it the world's "oldest ...
When winter draws in on Antikythera, the already meagre population of the isolated Greek island shrinks to almost nothing. "There are 20 to 25 of us, no children, no bakery," said local leader Giorgos ...
The Antikythera Mechanism is a mysterious ancient device used to calculate lunar cycles, planet motions, and more. Over 2,000-years-old, it was far more advanced than any other technology of its time.
Mexican scientists and teachers from the University of Sonora in northwestern Mexico have successfully recreated the Antikythera mechanism, the oldest mechanical computer in humanity. The replica ...
When winter begins in Antikythera, its population shrinks to almost nothing. Antikythera is a rural, isolated island in Greece. Antikythera, like many rural parts of the country, has suffered ...
When winter draws in on Antikythera, the already meagre population of the isolated Greek island shrinks to almost nothing. Antikythera, like many rural regions in Greece, has suffered steady ...
In 1900 a group of sponge divers found the wreck of a ship off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. Among the items salvaged was a corroded bronze object, the purpose of which was not at ...